Tubéreuse Astrale vs Hibiscus Mahajád: How They Differ
Two Maison Crivelli extraits compared by the house's own facts: tuberose against suede, hibiscus and rose against vanilla and leather. No verdict, only the differences.
Tubéreuse Astrale vs Hibiscus Mahajád is a comparison inside one house. Both perfumes are Maison Crivelli extraits, both were created with perfumer Quentin Bisch, and both carry a unisex label with us. One is a floral leather built on tuberose, the other a floral fruity built on hibiscus and rose. This article sets the two side by side by notes, concentration, size and mood, without naming a winner.
Tubéreuse Astrale vs Hibiscus Mahajád: the short answer
Maison Crivelli Tubéreuse Astrale is the night-time one. The house pictures a summer night under the Milky Way and sets powdery tuberose against velvety suede, with osmanthus, cinnamon bark, cistus and musks around the flower. Our listing is a 50 ml bottle.
Maison Crivelli Hibiscus Mahajád is the tea-and-rose one. It starts from the memory of sipping hibiscus tea in the middle of a gemstone market and pairs a flamboyant hibiscus and rose with vanilla bean, leather and musks. Our listing is a 100 ml bottle.
The idea behind each Crivelli perfume
Maison Crivelli builds every perfume on a real experience that its founder, Thibaud Crivelli, had with raw materials, and the perfumers are briefed with a moodboard that covers more than scent. Here the two experiences sit far apart. One is a warm night outdoors, with white flowers in the air. The other is a market full of gemstones, where someone is sipping hibiscus tea.
Both extraits were created with the same perfumer, Quentin Bisch, which makes the contrast more interesting: one hand, two different pictures. The house works with several outside perfumers and credits one for each perfume.
Notes side by side
Neither perfume has a top, heart and base pyramid on the house's pages. The house gives a list of key raw materials instead, and we keep it flat, in the house's order.
- Tubéreuse Astrale: cinnamon bark essential oil, tuberose absolute, osmanthus absolute, carrot seeds essential oil, cistus absolute, leather accord, musks.
- Hibiscus Mahajád: Rose Damascena absolute, vanilla absolute, leather, spearmint essential oil, cassis, ambrette seeds absolute, cinnamon essential oil.
What the two lists share is small but telling. Both include leather, and both include cinnamon, as bark oil in one and as essential oil in the other. Each also lists the absolute of a flower that the house puts at the centre of its description: tuberose absolute in the first, Rose Damascena absolute in the second. Everything else differs. Tubéreuse Astrale adds osmanthus, carrot seeds, cistus and musks, a mix the house frames as powdery and velvety. Hibiscus Mahajád adds vanilla absolute, spearmint, cassis and ambrette seeds, which pulls it towards fruit, mint and a soft, sweet base.
One detail is worth knowing. The key raw materials we hold for Hibiscus Mahajád do not name hibiscus itself, so the flower belongs to the house's description of the perfume rather than to the list.
Concentration, size and mood
Both are an Extrait de Parfum at 32% by the house's own figures, so the strength is the same. At that level a perfume is dense and usually stays close to the skin, which is why a few sprays are enough. The difference is the bottle: Tubéreuse Astrale is 50 ml and Hibiscus Mahajád is 100 ml.
Our tags rate both as strong and mark both for evenings and special occasions. The seasons differ: Tubéreuse Astrale carries the tags summer and autumn, Hibiscus Mahajád autumn and winter. That fits the pictures, a warm night outdoors on one side and, on the other, a floral with cinnamon, vanilla and leather.
What Maison Crivelli says about its extraits
Both perfumes belong to the house's extrait line, which the brand sets at 30 to 32%, while its eaux de parfum run from 15 to 20%. The brand describes its extraits as vegan creations, and many of its raw materials carry the ORPUR label, a mark for natural ingredients from the Givaudan perfume house. It also commits to formulas without phthalates and colourants, with no ingredients of animal origin and no animal testing, and it notes that the colour of natural materials can vary from batch to batch.
Where to begin with these two
If you like white flowers but prefer them dressed in leather and spice rather than in soft sweetness, start with Tubéreuse Astrale. If you want a floral with a tart, fruity edge and a warm, vanilla-leaning base, start with Hibiscus Mahajád. Neither choice is a verdict on the other; they simply ask for different moods.
More from Maison Crivelli
If the way the house works with leather appeals to you, two other perfumes share it. Maison Crivelli Iris Malikhân is an Eau de Parfum at 20% in the powdery gourmand leather family, with orris butter, vanilla, a leather accord, amber and musks among its key materials, created with perfumer Marc Zini.
Maison Crivelli Papyrus Moléculaire is an Eau de Parfum at 15%, the lowest concentration the house gives for these perfumes, in the woody powdery spicy family. Its key raw materials include a leather accord, tonka bean absolute and tobacco absolute, next to coriander, papyrus, sandalwood and black pepper oils; perfumer Leslie Girard created it.
Our guide to Maison Crivelli lists every perfume of the house with its notes, and the Maison Crivelli collection shows them side by side. If tuberose is what brought you here, read tuberose in perfume explained; to browse by mood instead, use the explore page. The Extrait de Parfum, Eau de Parfum and tuberose collections are there too.
Frequently asked questions
What are the notes of Maison Crivelli Tubéreuse Astrale?
The house gives key raw materials instead of a pyramid: cinnamon bark essential oil, tuberose absolute, osmanthus absolute, carrot seeds essential oil, cistus absolute, a leather accord and musks.
Which is stronger, Tubéreuse Astrale or Hibiscus Mahajád?
On paper they are equal: both are an Extrait de Parfum at 32% by the house's figures, and our tags mark both as strong. They differ in size, 50 ml against 100 ml, and in mood.
What is Maison Crivelli Tubéreuse Astrale like?
A floral-leather extrait: powdery tuberose against velvety suede, with osmanthus, cinnamon bark, cistus and musks. Our tags call it strong, for evenings and special occasions in summer and autumn.
